Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2015 July 21

= July 21 =

SOFTWARE FOR STAMP COLLECTING
Is there any free software which can manage stamp collection? Something like "my family tree'. Thank you.175.157.40.27 (talk) 03:22, 21 July 2015 (UTC)


 * I don't understand the comparison. Do stamps have complex relationships, like 3rd step-cousin, twice removed ?  Also, do you mean to scan the stamps and organize images of them online, with an index number you can use to find the actual stamps ? StuRat (talk) 03:32, 21 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Have you taken a look at what Google has to offer. You could probably find something that suits your requirements. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 11:26, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

Youtube question
Sometimes youtube videos play well on my system. Others keep pausing as if there is not enough bandwidth.

Is there a way to play the audio from youtube without having the video signal transmitted? For much of the stuff that interests me, I only want to hear the sound.

Thanks, CBHA (talk) 03:33, 21 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Don't know, but you can set it to the minimum screen resolution, which will dramatically reduce the bandwidth needed. StuRat (talk) 03:35, 21 July 2015 (UTC)
 * reducing the resolution typically reduces the audio quality too which is annoying. There are several apps and websites which let you listen to the audio only of youtube videos. I've used a website that lets you download youtube videos as MP3, that way it will never "pause" even if you completely lose your internet connection. Just google youtube mp3 converter, I think there are several websites when you just put the youtube video address in and it downloads a mp3. Vespine (talk) 23:22, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

ICT
Does ICT includes all the current development in internet? MOOCS, OCW are they all under ICT???

Learnerktm 16:31, 21 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Assuming that you are referring to Information and communications technology, the answer is "it depends." Some people use the acronym ICT to refer to any means of storing, moving, or displaying information. Therefore, the entire Internet would fall under that massive umbrella - as would something like a magazine. Others use it only to cover communications. As such, the communications technology used for the Internet would be covered, but display and storage technologies would not. 209.149.113.45 (talk) 17:03, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

Gmail printing acting strangely
Hello.

Normally, when you get an attachment in an email from Gmail, like a PDF, you can click on the box representing it. This will bring up a view of the PDF and gray out the background so that other stuff isnt distracting you from the popup layer showing the PDF. Then, there is a little print icon directly in the middle at the top which auto-prints this PDF.

Somehow, my colleague managed to goof this feature up now. The popup still shows properly, but when you hit print, instead of printing, it loads some strange url in another tab and attempts to download something like:

ACFrOgA9-kgnF73NDVUOBjbI2Jpnyt02tkAakjoI1ZyPTZfZnjcPFh7YpAnHarap0mth8C8uop2NlfVkLbVDZyEMDKfBsAKFn8guciwyJpwjdqO50e38jNkWTrrq6wE=.pdf

I have tried resetting the default printer in Mozilla Firefox by resetting some property called "Printer_Print" or something like this with no results. My colleague claims he must have clicked something that asked him if he wanted to print with some other application, or something like this.

How can i restore the default action of printing in gmail? Thanks!

216.173.144.188 (talk) 16:32, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

To add more info, the NORMAL place the print icon goes seems to be in a new tab as well, and involves https://doc-04-8o-apps-viewer.googleusercontent.com/viewer/secure/pdf ...

I think the goofed up gmail account is going somewhere similar, but instead of popping up the print dialogue, it downloads a pdf. I'm starting to wonder if it is doing everything correctly, except printing to a pdf writer style fake-printer. However, if this was the case, id still expect the dialog to show up asking to confirm printer selection, # of pages, etc. This is not happening.

216.173.144.188 (talk) 16:45, 21 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Yes, it does sound like it's set to print directly to a file rather than bring up the printer dialog. I don't know where to change that, unfortunately.  But, presumably you could then open the PDF file it generates and print from there, as a workaround, until you fix the problem.  Another workaround is to use the Print Screen button, then paste into MS Paint, etc., and print from there.  This is limited to one screen's worth at a time, but does allow you to cut out any portion of the page you don't want to print. StuRat (talk) 13:32, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

Windows API (Shell32.dll)
I'm using SHBrowseForFolder from Shell32.dll to display a directory selection box, setting the initial directory using the  message in the callback, as described on the MSDN page. I'm setting the  flag (only). This is working OK for "normal" directories (such as ), but not working for directories in "My Documents". The actual name of such a directory is something like, but using this in the   message doesn't work. If I manually browse to the directory, I have to go  instead. The returned value of the directory name is correct (with "Documents" instead of "My Documents"). Is there anything I can do to fix this? In particular, do I need to set some additional flags? Tevildo (talk) 19:10, 21 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Someone reported the same thing here as a bug, and while I don't see any resolution there, it does at least mention a couple of workarounds that you might try, namely removing BIF_NEWDIALOGSTYLE (leaving only BIF_EDITBOX in your case since BIF_USENEWUI combines those flags) or not specifying a root. -- BenRG (talk) 04:30, 22 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the link. Getting rid of the root directory has fixed the problem (although it's not an ideal solution, of course). Tevildo (talk) 10:48, 22 July 2015 (UTC)